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Military service
Age:
19
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Flying Corps
Division:
16th Sqdn.
Birth:
January 17, 1898
Ottawa, Ontario
Enlistment:
March 21, 1916
Ottawa, Ontario
Death:
December 26, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. J. 5
Additional information
Son of Charles Edwin and Bertha H. Read, of Ottawa, Ontario.
Commemorated on the Lieutenant Edric H. Read Window and the Royal Ottawa Golf Club War Memorial.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Edric Hurdman Read
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Grave marker
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Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. From the Annie Boyes collection courtesy of the Simcoe County Archives. http://www.simcoe.ca/dpt/arc -
Honour roll
In memory of the Ashbury College alumni and staff who gave their lives in Word War I, World War II and the Korean War. Plaque erected in the Ashbury College Chapel, 362 Mariposa Avenue, Ottawa
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Edric Hurdman Read
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Edric Hurdman Read
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Edric Hurdman Read
AUBIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Pas de Calais, France
Aubigny Communal Cemetery is south of the village of Aubigny-en-Artois and the Cemetery Extension is behind it. The village of Aubigny-en-Artois is approximately 15 kilometres north-west of Arras on the road to St. Pol. After turning into the village from the N.39 on the D.75, the Cemetery lies south on a road leading from the centre of the village.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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